📚 Guide by Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety — The Confined Space Safety Awareness course serves Alberta pipeline, construction, and Gold Seal contractors under strict OHS compliance. Delivered by Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety Calgary — Energy Safety Canada Authorized Training Provider.
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Confined Spaces are common on construction sites and present one of the highest hazard environments to enter or work around. A worker needs to understand the entry preparation and what to do if an incidence occurs. This course notes the different categories of confined spaces and its associated dangers. Codes of practice and various activities around a confined space will be discussed. The implementation of hierarchies of hazard controls are presented such as engineering controls, administrative and personal
protective equipment.
This is a Buildforce Canada program. Contact Allstar Enviro Safety 4032141558 to register. We will provide you with a PIN# to start, as we are distributors for this program.
Objectives:
* Learn to assess and control the risks
* Identify different forms of confined spaces
*Recognize the potential hazards
* Understand the responsibilities and each persons role while working or leaving a confined space
Availability: Online course only. Available in French and English
Credits: The CCA – Canadian Construction Association will award 1 credit towards the GOLD SEAL CERTIFICATION upon successful passing with a 100% mark.
Application for Registration
This is a Buildforce Canada program. Pay Allstar Enviro Safety – a distributor , directly to receive a pin# start the program.
Additional Safety Knowledge
What Alberta OHS Defines as a Confined Space
Alberta OHS Code Part 5 defines a confined space as an enclosed or partially enclosed space that is not designed for continuous human occupancy, has limited or restricted entry, and could contain a hazardous atmosphere, engulfment hazard, entrapment hazard, or any other recognised serious safety or health hazard. Examples include storage tanks, sewers, silos, pipelines, boilers, vaults, tunnels, manholes, pits, and process vessels.
Atmospheric Testing Before Entry
Before any entry, a competent worker must test the atmosphere in this order: oxygen, flammability, then toxicity. Acceptable atmospheric parameters:
- Oxygen: 19.5–23.0% by volume. Below 19.5% is oxygen-deficient; above 23% is oxygen-enriched (fire risk).
- Flammable gas/vapour: less than 10% of the lower explosive limit (LEL).
- Toxic substances: below the applicable occupational exposure limit (H2S below 10 ppm, CO below 25 ppm in Alberta).
Continuous monitoring is required for the duration of the entry. Any change in reading requires immediate evacuation and re-assessment.
Entry Roles: Entrant, Attendant, Supervisor
Every confined space entry needs three defined roles. The entrant performs the work inside. The attendant stays outside, maintains constant visual or communication contact, monitors atmospheric readings, and initiates rescue — but never enters. The entry supervisor authorises the entry, verifies all controls are in place, and terminates the entry when conditions change. In Alberta, the attendant cannot leave the post while any worker is inside.
Confined Space Safety Awareness — Rescue Planning
OSHA data shows more than 60% of confined space fatalities are would-be rescuers who entered without proper training or equipment. Non-entry rescue (retrieval systems, tripods, winches) must be planned wherever practical. If entry rescue is required, a trained rescue team with SCBA, communications, and defined rescue procedures must be on-site or immediately available before entry begins.
Content reviewed by Arliss Levine, CRSP, CHSC — lead safety instructor at Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety Calgary, an Energy Safety Canada Authorized Training Provider.
